Folding bed-lounge



(NGMOM') E. SPRAGUE.

FOLDING BBD LOUNGE.

M /m/V Patented Dec. 24, 1889.

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EDXVIN SPRAGUE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,843, dated December 24, 1889.

i Application filed February ll, 1889, Serial No. 299,463- (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN SPRAGUE, of the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Alle gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding' Bed-Lounges, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to construct a piece of furniture adapted to be used as a lounge or a bed, as desired.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of the invention adapted as a lounge. Fig. 2 shows the invention changed into a bed. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line x @c of Fig. l.

Similar letters-of reference represent simi lar parts in the respective gures.

A is one section of the device and constitutes the lower frame-work of the lounge proper, consisting of the bottom piece b and the surrounding frame 'formed by the side rails c o2 and the end rails c c.

B is another section, consisting of a bottom piece b and the surrounding frame formed by the side rails d d and the end rails CZ CZ. These frames form receptacles for the inattresscs p p.

The two sections A and B are hinged together, so that when opened out they constitute a bed-bottom, as shown in Fig. 2. The top of the lounge proper is shown 'by CZ?, it forming apart of the section B. It may be made in any Way known to the art, so as to produce a cushioned seat for the lounge.

The head-piece ot' the section B-that is to say, the head-piece of the lounge-is shown by f, it being cushioned in the same manner as the top (Z2. XVhen the section B is opened out, as shown in Fig. 2, the head-piece f supports one end of said section, while the opposite end is sustained by a foot g, pivoted to the side of the section. y

Hinged to a post Zz., which is a continuation of one of the four feet Zt', and secured to the back rail c is a head-board t', and to a post h2 at the other end of the lounge is hinged a foot-board 7c. The head-board t' is provided with a bolt Z', which, when the invention is to be used as a lounge, ts in ahole Z, formed in the back rail c', the head-board fi overlapping and resting against the foot-board vlc, both standing over and being parallel to the back rail. A pin fn, passing through a ring or staple n of the head-board and through a hole n2 in the foot-board Zo into a hole in the back rail c', acts, in connection with the bolt Z, to keep the head and foot boards firmly in place as the back of the lounge.

Vhen the parts are in position for use as a bed, the head-board t' rests upon a proj ection o, its 4bolt Z fitting in a hole formed in said projection, While the foot-board rests upon a projection ,its pin n passing through a hole o2, formed in said projection. /Vhen the device is closed as a lounge, the projection o ts in a cavity o4 in the rail c at the head of the lounge, while the projection o fits in a cavity 03 in the rail c at the foot of the lounge.

The two sections of the mattress (shown by p and p) rest on the bottom. pieces o and h of the hinged sections A and B, and are kept in place by the surrounding pieces ro c c2 and The mattresses may be readily removed and secured in position by suitable fastenings, to the character of whichlf do not limit myself.

Rests S are hinged to the bottom pieces Z) b', and when the invention is used as a bed rest against the head-board, as shown in Fig. 2 and support the head ends of the mat tresses. Vhen the invention is used as a lounge, the rests s lieflat upon the bottom pieces b.

It is seen that the device is readily adapted for use as a lounge or bed, and that its parts are easily adjusted, uniting in the whole utility, simplicity and strength.

Having described my invention, I claiml. In a bed-lounge, the combination, with the main supporting-frame, of two sections, one hinged to a post at the head and the other to a postat the foot of the main frame, said sections overlapping each other and standing over and parallel with the back -rail of the main frame to form a back for the lounge andbeing adapted to swing on their hinges above the main supporting-frame to form head and foot boards when the device is used for a bed, substantially as specified.

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2. In a bed-l0unge, the frames A and B, hinged together. and forming when closed the seat of a lounge and when opened the bottom of a bed, combined with two sections, one hinged to a post at the head and the other to a post at the foot of the frame A, said sections overlapping each other and standing over and parallel with the back rail of 'the frame A to form the back of a lounge and being adapted 1o to swing on Jheir hinges above the frames A and B to form head and foot boards when the device is used for a bed, and suitable devices for securing said sections in either position, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

EDWIN SPRAGUE. [L. s] Vitnesses:

J. P. RICHARDSON, W. L. KEID. 

